HC Deb 21 October 1968 vol 770 cc195-6W
20. Sir E. Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what increase in employment in manufacturing industry has occurred since the imposition of the Selective Employment Tax.

Mr. Hattersley

It is provisionally estimated that between September, 1966, and August, 1968, the numbers employed in manufacturing industries (Orders III to XVI of the Standard Industrial Classification) decreased by 346,000.